WATCH: Luis Severino is Yankees' best Cy Young shot

NEW YORK -- After watching their Opening Day starter and their subsequent two starting pitchers put up performances that ranged from so-so to not-so-great, Yankees fans could be looking at Luis Severino as their next potential ace.

Severino, 22, had a stellar rookie campaign, posting just a 2.89 ERA over his first 11 big-league starts. And while spring training is never the best time to judge any player -- let alone a young starting pitcher -- Severino dominated, giving the Yankees reason to believe his strengthened physique and improved command can turn him into the No. 1 Masahiro Tanaka has yet to prove he could become.